Rhetoric and human consciousness
Subtitle: a history
By: Craig R. Smith.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Prospect Heights, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781577665878
Subjects: Rhetoric -- History; Rhetoric -- Philosophy; Rhetoric and psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-390) and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to rhetoric; title: The emergence of rhetoric in myth and narrative; title: The Greek sophistication of rhetoric from Thales to Plato; title: Aristotle's rhetoric; title: The Roman rhetorical system; title: The fall of Rome and the rise of Christianity; title: The renaissance of rhetoric; title: Epistemology and the modern rhetorics; title: The existential revolt against modernism; title: Identification, dialectic, and dramatism; title: Context, function, and media; title: Postmodern and feminist theories; title: Rhetorical consciousness .